During Inhaler Application, Children Were Given Stress Ball and Storybook Reading Interventions

Ataturk University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Inhalation Therapy

Treatments: Other: Stress Ball; Other: Reading Storybook

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07073625

Stress Ball, Reading Storybook

Details and patient eligibility

About

It aims to examine the effects of stress ball and book reading methods on children's fear and anxiety levels during inhalation.

Full description

Ninety-nine volunteer children aged 5-6 who will receive inhalation therapy will be randomly assigned to three groups: stress ball, storybook reading, and control. Children will be assessed before, during, and after the procedure. Inhalation-related fear will be assessed using the Children's Fear Scale, and anxiety will be assessed using the Children's State Anxiety Scale. Furthermore, children's demographic data will be recorded on the Information Form.

Enrollment: 99 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 6 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• No audiovisual impairment,
• Being open to communication and
• Must be accompanied by a parent.

Exclusion criteria

• Having special needs,
• Having an audio-visual impairment,
• Learning difficulties or mental retardation and
• Children whose parents do not agree to participate in the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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99 participants in 2 patient groups

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Routine clinical care will be applied to the control group. No action will be taken.

Experimental Group

Experimental group

Description:

Children aged 5-6 who come to the emergency room with their parents and will receive inhalers will be given stress ball balls in the stress ball group before and after the procedure and will be told to play with them until the procedure is completed. In the book reading group, parents will be asked to read a book about hospital fear, prepared by researchers.

Treatment:

Other: Reading Storybook

Other: Stress Ball